Final roster speculation thread

So, assuming the likely option that support will end sometime in 2024 with the new Planet game, I think we can start having this discussion.

Let's assume the remaining content is:
  1. 2023 anniversary - 1 animal
  2. Dec 2023 - 7 animals
  3. Mar 2024 - 4 animals
  4. Jun 2024 - 7 animals
  5. Sep 2024 - 4 animals
  6. 2024 anniversary - 1 animal
  7. Dec 2024 - 7 animals
Leaving us with 31 habitat animals left. Now, what do you think are these 31 animals?

Place your bets, and we'll follow who gets closest as DLCs are getting released.
 
This will be fun to read in the future :)
First of all, one thing I learned about the last two dlcs years(since the wetlands pack) is that frontier always do different things that we guess, so, I won't try to predict all, inside some particular animals I think have a big chance.

1.- At least one more bear ( ABB or Spectacled)
2.- American Flamingo ( I really want it)
3.- Walrus ( i hope soon )
4.- Coati (I prefer the northern one)
5.- Pallas cat ( almost sure pick for the new sand cat rig )
6.- Rhea ( why not? Already good rig and more south America representation )
7.- Asian caprine ( maybe Markhor or Takin)
8.- Grey crowned crane ( I still hope for it's inclusion and has a pretty grate chance)
9.- Another deer species
10.- Tamandua ( prefer the northern one, pretty good rig that would need some tweaks and the ability of climbe)
11.- Two toed sloth ( still a lot of people want it )
12.- Sea otter ( different than the river otter we have and a cold one and it could be a good headliner )
13.- Wild boar ( a essential addition to Europe)
14.- a sort of "clones / easy to do animals" like another crocs, seal, Asian antilope, lowland tapir, canid, small cat, armadillo, African mini or big antilopes [ Eland and dik dik/duiker ], lemurs, etc..
15.- Hopefully more ground birds

And possible themes could be : Forest/Woodlands, Highlinds, Islands (still good selection of animals but could be highly Asia roster), maybe Savannah, Amazon, coastal or wild wes.

And this is my "prediction and a few of wishes" so Let's see what frontier has prepared for us for the future ;)
 
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Here's mine. It is a bit biased to what I like but that's a given to anyone who creates a list on here. Yes I did put walkthrough exhibit birds, deal with it, their obviously not confirmed but that dosent mena their impossible. Anyway here u go, let's see how close I get:

Anniversary 4
Hamadryas baboon

Greater Asia
Takin
Reeves muntjac
Mandarin duck
Walrus
Wolverine
Markor
Lion Tailed macaque
Indian chameleon (e)

Mediterranian
European hare
Wild boar
African Pygmy goat
Great White pelican
European goldfinch (we)

Amazon
South american coati
Brazzilian porcupine
Roseated spoonbill
Black howler monkey
Arrau River turtle
Argentinian tegu
Spectacled bear
Scarlet Macaw (we)
Hyacinth Macaw (we)
Military Macaw (we)

Burrowers
Short beaked echidna
Greater bilby
Patagonian mara
Banded mongoose
Burrowing owl (we)

Anniversary 5
Perentie

Endangered
Secretary bird
Goodfellows tree kangaroo
Victoria crowned pigeon
Pig nosed turtle
Chacoan peccary
Golden lion tamarin
Cuban crocodile
Cerulean warbler (we)
Saltmarsh sparrow (we)
Willow flycatcher (we)

Edit: just realised u were asking for a list of animals not of pack designs, I find it easier to make picks when I can fit them in a theme so these 31 habiatat are still what I'd go for.
 
Here are my guesses:
  1. Secretary Bird
  2. Wolverine
  3. Coati (any)
  4. Spectacled Bear
  5. American Black Bear
  6. Markhor
  7. Ocelot
  8. Howler Monkey (any - most likely to be a Black Howler Monkey)
  9. Spider Monkey (any - most likely to be a Geoffroy’s Spider Monkey AKA Black-Handed Spider Monkey)
  10. Greater Rhea
  11. Patagonian Mara
  12. Tree Kangaroo (any - most likely to be a Goodfellow's Tree-Kangaroo)
  13. Baboon (any - most likely to be a Hamadryas Baboon)
  14. Nile Crocodile
  15. Pallas's Cat
  16. A Small Deer (either Kirk's Dik-Dik or Reeve's Muntjac)
  17. Golden Lion Tamarin
  18. Takin (any)
  19. Serval
  20. Blackbuck
  21. Greater Kudu
  22. Collared Peccary
  23. Grey Crowned Crane
  24. Tamandua (any)
  25. A Rabbit or Hare
  26. Honey Badger
  27. A Waterfowl of Some Sort (Swan, Duck, or Goose)
  28. Pelican (any)
  29. Musk Ox
  30. Wild Boar
  31. African Leopard
 
My guess is support goes for ever by moving to a micro transaction style of one new animal per week for $1-2.

List wise, can I just put generalised species and not subspecies because I am very bad at remembering subspecies off the top of my head
  1. Chameleon (panther most likely)
  2. Wolverine - probably Eurasian
  3. Secretarybird
  4. Pere David's deer - extinct in the wild but zoo presence of 1600
  5. Muntjac, probably reeves.
  6. Baboon, I want Hamadryas but expect olive
  7. Ocelot
  8. Serval
  9. Spider monkey - Geoffreys most likely
  10. Tamandua but idk which one
  11. Walrus
  12. Fishing cat
  13. Takin
  14. Markhor
  15. Rhea -greater
  16. Hawaiian monk seal
  17. Echidna now that they have spikes
  18. Hedgehog
  19. Hare
  20. Spectacled bear
  21. Kirk's dik dik
  22. Cotton top tamarin
  23. Perentie
  24. Nile crocodile
  25. Flamingo 2
  26. Tahr
  27. Coyote
  28. Opossum
  29. American black bear
  30. Brazilian agouti
  31. Chital or sika deer
Packs:

Central America
Asia
Forest
Alpine

Finale will be bigger - endangered
 
2023 Anniversary: Hamadryas Baboon (too ugly to put in a DLC clearly)

HIGHLAND ANIMAL PACK (December 2023)

-Huon Tree Kangaroo*
-Giant Salamander (exhibit)
-Pallas Cat
-Yak
-Markhor (COVER)
-Takin
-Rock Hyrax
-Spectacled Bear

LATIN AMERICA PACK (March 2024)

-Coati (COVER)
-Tamandua
-Spider Monkey*
-Patagonian Mara
-Hoffmann Two Toed Sloth (WE)

SOUTH ASIA ANIMAL PACK (June 2024)

-Gaur
-Nilgai
-Blackbuck
-Sloth Bear
-Lion Tailed Macaque (COVER)
-Slow Loris*
-Honey Badger
-King Cobra (exhibit)

NORTHWEST PACK (September 2024)

-Walrus (COVER)
-Sea Otter
-Musk Ox
-Wolverine
-Snowy Owl* (WE)

2024 Anniversary Gifts: Echidna, Chameleon (exhibit), Orchid Mantis (exhibit)

AVIARY PACK (December 2024)

-Secretary Bird
-Shoebill
-Grey Crowned Crane
-Golden Pheasant
-Great White Pelican
-Roseate Spoonbill
-Marabou Stork
-Scarlet Ibis
-Mandarin Duck
-Mute Swan
-WE: Blue and Yellow Macaw, Coconut Lorikeet
 
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I think some of the animals most likely to make it in game are as follows:

1. Spectacled Bear
2. Gelada
3. Hamadryas Baboon
4. Howler Monkey sp.
5. Coati sp.
6. Wolverine
7. Muskox
8. Tree Kangaroo sp.
9. Two Toed Sloth sp. (WE)

I couldn’t guess any more without going too ‘oddball’, but looking at the sort of animals that frontier likes to include in game, as well as what would be (relatively) easy to make for them and what could fit potential themes, I think it’s likely that these nine could be implemented before end of support if we get packs into 2024.
 
So... i like the prospect of another full year of support so i'm going with that. And honestly i think it will be enough to get US to a really really good balanced roster.

I'm not going to consider WTE animals (even though i think one of the anniversary animals could be a WTE animal) because the total number seem to be based on habitat only.

And there are several ways of thinking about this so i'm going to base my guesses on community wishes and Frontier's way of doing things ( clones, oddballs, ungulates, carnivorans, cute meme internet animals and scarce ground birds). So this is not a wishlist but a list of critters that i think have high chances of making it.

Top animals from the Metawishlist:

1. Wolverine
2. Southamerican or white nosed coati
3. Secretary bird
4. Spectacled bear
5. Howler monkey

I think out of the top ten are the ones with the best odds.

Following with ungulates:

6. Markhor
7. Blackbuck
8. Musk ox
9. Dwarf goat
10. Peccary
11. Wild boar

Meme animals:

12. Pallas cat
13. Honey badger
14. Walrus
15. Sea otter

More carnivorans:

16. Serval
17. ABB
18. Ocelot
19. Coyote

Oddballs

20. Takin
21. Bush dog
22. Tamandua
23. Patagonian mara or agouti (hope for the first)
24. Shorts beaked echidna

The (most likely) birds:

25. Greater rhea
26. Grey crowned crane
27. A fourth penguin (rockhopper is My guess)
28. A pink one: roseatte spoonbill or second flamingo (american most likely)
29. A waterfowl: duck, swan or pelican (just one)

The extras

30. Gelada (instead of hamadryas)
31. Nile crocodile

So yeah, don't think we are getting the tree kangaroo at all, i trying to be optimistic about birds but the waterfowl card might not happen and just two low effort primates i think is a reasonable expectation (spider monkey seems like a lot of work to develop and i doubt we'll get more that one SA primate, and the hamadryas is too creepy so the gelada could have more appeal to general public)
 
2023 Anniversary: Saiga Antelope (CR) or Grévy's Zebra (EN)

HIGHLAND ANIMAL PACK (December 2023)

  • Spectacled Bear (VU)
  • Ethiopian Wolf (EN) [I know it's not a very realistic option. It is one of the rarest and most endangered species of canids on the planet]
  • Markhor (NT)
  • Wolverine (VU) [in Europe]
  • Musk Ox (LC) [Muskox move to higher elevations in the winter to avoid deep snow]
  • Gelada (LC)
  • Andean Mountain Cat (EN) [I know it's not a very realistic option. I choose it, because fewer than 1,500 individuals are thought to exist in the wild]
  • Chinese Giant Salamander (CR)

COASTAL (March 2024)
  • Sea Otter (EN)
  • West Indian Manatee (VU)
  • Atlantic Horseshoe Crab (VU)
  • Hawksbill Sea Turtle (CR)
  • Atlantic Puffin (VU)

ISLANDS (June 2024)
  • Banteng (EN)
  • Giant Golden-crowned Flying Fox (EN) [WE]
  • Matschie’s Tree-kangaroo (EN)
  • Blue-spotted Tree Monitor (EN)
  • Blue Iguana (EN)
  • Laughing kookaburra (LC)
  • Southern Elephant Seal (LC)
  • Panther Chameleon (LC) [exhibit] or Thorny Devil (LC) [exhibit]

FRESHWATER (September 2024)
  • Père David’s Deer (EW)
  • Giant Freshwater Stingray (EN)
  • Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle (CR)
  • Alligator Snapping Turtle (VU)
  • Shoebill (VU)

2024 Anniversary Gifts: Black-footed Ferret (EN)

WINGS OF THE WORLD (December 2024)

  • Toco Toucan (LC)
  • Andean condor (VU)
  • Macaws (Spix's; Hyacinth; Blue and Yellow; Scarlet)
  • Snowy Owl (VU)
  • Seven-colored Tanager (VU)
  • Bald Eagle (LC)
  • King Vulture (LC)
  • Ocellated Turkey (NT)
  • Socorro Dove (EW)
  • Guam Kingfisher (EW)
  • Great hornbill (VU)
  • Eurasian Eagle-owl (LC)
  • Bateleur (EN)
  • Helmeted Guineafowl (LC)
  • Southern Ground Hornbill (VU)
  • Bearded Vulture (NT)
  • Victoria Crowned Pigeon (NT)
  • Salmon-crested Cockatoo (VU)
  • Himalayan Monal (LC)
  • Grey Falcon (VU)
 
2023 Anniversary Animal: Barbary Sheep

Highlands Animal Pack
  • Spectacled Bear
  • Markhor
  • Wolverine
  • Gelada
  • Takin
  • Pallas Cat
  • Golden Pheasant
  • Titicaca Water Frog (E)

Latin America Pack
  • Ocelot
  • Black Howler Monkey
  • South American Coati
  • Agouti
  • Linnaeus Two Toed Sloth (WTE)
Scrublands Animal Pack
  • Secretary Bird
  • Hamadryas Baboon
  • Serval
  • Waterbuck
  • Masai Giraffe
  • Blackbuck
  • Greater Rhea
  • 5 new species of butterfly (WTE)
Arboreal Pack
  • American Black Bear
  • Good-fellows Tree Kangaroo
  • Geoffrey’s Spider Monkey
  • Pine Marten or Gray Fox
  • Sugar Glider (WTE)
2024 Anniversary Animal: Grey Crowned Crane

Oddball Animal Pack (probably way off the mark but I got no ideas)
  • Walrus
  • Patagonian Mara
  • Shoebill
  • Musk Deer
  • Short Beaked Echidna
  • Bush Dog
  • Gerenuk
  • Naked Mole Rat (E)
 
Anniversary ‘23
. American Black Bear


Winter ‘23
Mountain Animal Pack
. Markhor
. Takin
. Palas Cat
. Golden Pheasant
. Greater Rhea
. Spectacled Bear
. Musk Deer
. Giant Salamander (E)


Spring ‘24
Woodlands Pack
. Eastern Coyote
. Gray Fox
. Wild Boar
. Pine Martin
. Flying Squirrels (WTE)

Has log cabin, lodge-like scenery and props


Summer ‘24
Latin America Animal Pack
. Ocelot
. Patagonian Mara
. Spider Monkey
. Howler Monkey
. Vicuña
. Collared Peccary
. Agouti
. WTE Tamarins (Emperor, Cotton-top, Golden Lion)


Fall ‘24
Children’s Zoo Pack
. Nigerian Dwarf Goat
. Coati
. Squirrel Monkey
. Reeve’s Muntjac
. Budgies (WTE)

Has farm scenery, new education, new enrichments and feeders


Anniversary ‘24
. Macaws (WTE, Blue & Yellow, Scarlet, Military, Hyacinth)
. Gray Crowned Crane


Winter ‘24
Tundra Animal Pack
. Wolverine
. Musk Ox
. Snowshoe Hare
. Walrus
. Mountain Goat
. Canada Lynx
. Elk/Wapiti
. Lemming (E)


Bonus Pack
Planet Zoo Pack
. Secretary Bird
. Southern Tamandua
. NA Porcupine
. Tanuki
. Serval
 
  1. 2023 anniversary - 1 animal
  2. Dec 2023 - 7 animals
  3. Mar 2024 - 4 animals
  4. Jun 2024 - 7 animals
  5. Sep 2024 - 4 animals
  6. 2024 anniversary - 1 animal
  7. Dec 2024 - 7 animals
2023 Anniversary - Greater rhea

Winter 2023
  • Mountains animal pack
    1. Pallas's cat
    2. Markhor
    3. Himalayan monal
    4. Spectacled bear
    5. Golden takin
    6. Alpine marmot
    7. L'Hoest's monkey
    8. Spider-Man agama (E)
Spring 2024
  • Treetops pack
    1. Black howler monkey
    2. South American coati
    3. Southern tamandua
    4. Tufted capuchin
    5. Hoffman's two-toed sloth (WE)
Summer 2024
  • Woodlands animal pack
    1. Wild boar
    2. American black bear
    3. Japanese serow
    4. African civet
    5. Domestic turkey
    6. Golden pheasant
    7. Wisent
    8. Southern flying squirrel (WE)
Fall 2024
  • Children's Zoo pack
    1. Squirrel monkey
    2. Banded mongoose
    3. Patagonian mara
    4. African dwarf goat
    5. Mexican free-tailed bat (WE)
2024 Anniversary - American flamingo

Winter 2024
  • Cold Climate animal pack
    1. Wolverine
    2. Pacific walrus
    3. Musk ox
    4. Arctic hare
    5. Elk (wapiti)
    6. Atlantic puffin
    7. Siberian musk deer
    8. Japanese giant salamander (E)
 
So, assuming the likely option that support will end sometime in 2024 with the new Planet game, I think we can start having this discussion.

Let's assume the remaining content is:
  1. 2023 anniversary - 1 animal
  2. Dec 2023 - 7 animals
  3. Mar 2024 - 4 animals
  4. Jun 2024 - 7 animals
  5. Sep 2024 - 4 animals
  6. 2024 anniversary - 1 animal
  7. Dec 2024 - 7 animals
Leaving us with 31 habitat animals left. Now, what do you think are these 31 animals?

Place your bets, and we'll follow who gets closest as DLCs are getting released.
Funny you launch this thread today because I just made a list of all the interesting animals I would find interesting to enter in the game. The problem is that I have 42 non bird species on this list + 30 birds. I don't know if I'll share it this way or if I'll have to make choices to respect your 31 species limit.
 
Funny you launch this thread today because I just made a list of all the interesting animals I would find interesting to enter in the game. The problem is that I have 42 non bird species on this list + 30 birds. I don't know if I'll share it this way or if I'll have to make choices to respect your 31 species limit.
You should make choices, because I'm curious about what everyone has in mind
 
Since Grasslands we have seen at least one animal from the top 5 of the META-Wishlist be included in a pack.

Grasslands - Maned Wolf & Emu
Tropical - Lar Gibbon
Arid - African Crested Porcupine
Oceania - Tasmanian Devil

I think this pattern will most likely continue. I think we can expect the rest of the top 5 to be added in the next 5 packs (If support lasts until the end of 2024).

Secretary Bird - This is the hardest one to place, all the options are quite contentious (Aviary, Safari, Scrubland, Savannah).
Wolverine - Could be placed in either Highlands/Mountains or Tundra/Boreal/Taiga.
South American Coati - Forest or Arboreal Pack is a possibility but I think a South America focused pack is more likely here.
Walrus - Either Coastal or Tundra/Boreal.
Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo - Arboreal, Forests or Highlands/Mountains (They live in montane forests of New Guinea).

Which 5 packs we would get out of these options is pretty difficult to decide. But I'll put out this prediction based on the above:

Winter 2023 - Mountain Animal Pack (Including Wolverine)
Spring 2024 - Latin America Pack (Including Coati)
Summer 2024 - Forest Animal Pack (Including Tree Kangaroo)
Autumn 2024 - Tundra Pack (Including Walrus)
Winter 2024 - Aviary Expansion Pack (Including Secretary Bird)
 
Bolds are the headliners for the Pack. Asteriks for those in my own personal wants (top 25 or so), as a way to give my personal bias and wants a measurement - that's only 14 of the 31, many of which are wanted by the community anyways, so I don't think it skews to my preferences too much.

2023 Anniversary - Wisent

Winter 2023 - Scenery Pack - I'm going to flip this and the March 2024 packs around for reasons of theme.. still the same number of animals over all
Woodlands Pack:
Wolverine*
American Black Bear*
Elk
Wild Boar*

Spring 2024 - Latin America
Black Howler Monkey*
Common Squirrel Monkey*
Ocelot
Greater Rhea
Patagonian Mara*
Coatimundi*
Collared Peccary

Summer 2024 - Great Plains Animal Pack
Secretary Bird*
Bighorn Sheep
Coyote
Blackbuck
Greater Roadrunner
Saiga Antelope
Eastern Grey Kangaroo*

Fall 2024: Highlands Scenery Pack
Spectacled Bear*
Markhor
Pallas Cat
Takin

2024 Anniversary - Masai Giraffe*

Winter 2024- Finale Pack
Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo*
Hamadryas Baboon
Nile Crocodile
Shoebill Stork*
Black Headed Spider Monkey
Red Howler Monkey
Muskox
 
I honestly have no idea what could be coming. I’m gonna guess the top 5 animals on the meta wishlist are gonna get in, and then a couple generalized guesses.

  1. Secretary Bird
  2. Coati
  3. Wolverine
  4. Walrus
  5. Tree Kangaroo
I think it’s a safe bet, and I feel like 5 years is a great development cycle before the next major game in the planet series.
For more generalized guesses (a little boring because I am playing it safe lol) I have a couple:
  1. Another bear species, like the ABB, SB, or SpB
  2. Another Cat species, probably Pallas or Serval
  3. Another crocodilian, probably Nile
  4. Another habitat reptile, gonna guess the AST
  5. A new monkey, but not the spider monkey (too difficult to animate)
  6. 3 or more new ungulate species, bonus points if they come in one animal pack
  7. No birds in the WTE (I hope I’m wrong, I really am)
  8. 2-3 new habitat birds, I’m gonna guess at least 1 is some waterfowl
 
So, assuming the likely option that support will end sometime in 2024 with the new Planet game, I think we can start having this discussion.

Let's assume the remaining content is:
  1. 2023 anniversary - 1 animal
  2. Dec 2023 - 7 animals
  3. Mar 2024 - 4 animals
  4. Jun 2024 - 7 animals
  5. Sep 2024 - 4 animals
  6. 2024 anniversary - 1 animal
  7. Dec 2024 - 7 animals
Leaving us with 31 habitat animals left. Now, what do you think are these 31 animals?

Place your bets, and we'll follow who gets closest as DLCs are getting released.
31 at least that. ;)
 
Since Grasslands we have seen at least one animal from the top 5 of the META-Wishlist be included in a pack.

Grasslands - Maned Wolf & Emu
Tropical - Lar Gibbon
Arid - African Crested Porcupine
Oceania - Tasmanian Devil

I think this pattern will most likely continue. I think we can expect the rest of the top 5 to be added in the next 5 packs (If support lasts until the end of 2024).

Secretary Bird - This is the hardest one to place, all the options are quite contentious (Aviary, Safari, Scrubland, Savannah).
Wolverine - Could be placed in either Highlands/Mountains or Tundra/Boreal/Taiga.
South American Coati - Forest or Arboreal Pack is a possibility but I think a South America focused pack is more likely here.
Walrus - Either Coastal or Tundra/Boreal.
Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo - Arboreal, Forests or Highlands/Mountains (They live in montane forests of New Guinea).

Which 5 packs we would get out of these options is pretty difficult to decide. But I'll put out this prediction based on the above:

Winter 2023 - Mountain Animal Pack (Including Wolverine)
Spring 2024 - Latin America Pack (Including Coati)
Summer 2024 - Forest Animal Pack (Including Tree Kangaroo)
Autumn 2024 - Tundra Pack (Including Walrus)
Winter 2024 - Aviary Expansion Pack (Including Secretary Bird)
Exactly the 2024 MUST be an aviary or aquarium expansion pack. Pretty but a soft reboot and going forward to 2025 DLC every 3 months until 2027 then another expansion then DLC till 2029 Dec grand final pack. 10 years of support!!!! That's a record. :)

Please note the DLC going forward after expansion pack will be mix of land, sea and air animals.
 
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